Key takeaways
- Secure, validated skill registry for AI coding agents — 80 skills across 15 categories, supporting 16+ agents in three tiers (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Windsurf, Antigravity, Gemini CLI, and more)
- 4.6k stars as of June 2026, up from 1.7k in March — one of the fastest-growing projects in the skills ecosystem
- Trust over breadth — every skill gets static analysis in CI/CD, Snyk Agent Scan, lockfile content hashing, and human curation before publishing
- Entirely free: MIT-licensed engine, CC-BY-4.0 first-party skills, no paid tiers
FAQ
What is the Agent Skills Registry?
A curated, validated registry of skills for AI coding agents from the Tech Leads Club community. Skills are reviewed for security and quality before inclusion — static analysis, Snyk scanning, content hashing — enabling teams to extend Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, and 13+ other agents with confidence.
Is the Agent Skills Registry free?
Yes. The CLI and registry are fully open source with no paid tiers. The software engine is MIT-licensed; Tech Leads Club's own skills are CC-BY-4.0; third-party skills retain their original licenses.
Which agents does it support?
16+ agents across three support tiers — Tier 1: Claude Code, Cline, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf; Tier 2: Aider, Antigravity, Gemini CLI; Tier 3: Amazon Q, Augment, and others.
Overview
The Agent Skills Registry from tech-leads-club is a curated, security-hardened registry of validated skills for professional AI coding agents. Unlike open skill ecosystems where anyone can publish, every skill here passes static analysis in CI/CD, Snyk Agent Scan, lockfile content hashing, and human curation before it ships — a posture the project justifies by citing research that over 13% of marketplace skills contain critical vulnerabilities. The registry is written in TypeScript and hosted on GitHub.
Key stats (as of June 2026): 4,574 stars, 408 forks, 80 skills across 15 categories. Created January 19, 2026; actively maintained with commits as recent as June 11, 2026.
Pricing
Free. There are no paid tiers — the CLI and registry are fully open source and community-driven. Licensing is split: the software engine is MIT, Tech Leads Club's first-party skills are CC-BY-4.0, and third-party skills retain their original licenses.
Adoption
As of June 2026 the project has grown from 1.7k stars (March 2026) to 4,574 stars and 408 forks, making it one of the fastest-growing projects in the agent-skills ecosystem. The catalog now lists 80 skills across 15 categories — development workflows (tlc-spec-driven), cloud (aws-advisor), automation (playwright-skill), design (figma), accessibility auditing, and security. The CLI ships as @tech-leads-club/agent-skills on npm, at v1.4.6 as of April 20, 2026.
What's Changed Since March 2026
- Stars nearly tripled — 1,717 → 4,574.
- Dedicated web catalog launched at agent-skills.techleads.club, with browsable skills and category pages.
- Three-tier platform support covering 16+ agents — Tier 1: Claude Code, Cline, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf; Tier 2: Aider, Antigravity, Gemini CLI; Tier 3: Amazon Q, Augment, and others.
- Hardened supply chain documented — Snyk Agent Scan before publishing, content hashing via lockfiles, CDN-based on-demand downloads with local caching, audit logging, and an MCP server for in-agent skill discovery.
- Interactive CLI wizard —
npx @tech-leads-club/agent-skillswalks through skill selection, target agent, and copy-vs-symlink install.
Competitive Position
Strengths: Trust-focused curation with a concrete, documented security pipeline rather than vibes. Broadest verified multi-agent support in its niche (16+ agents). Rapid community growth backed by the Tech Leads Club community.
Weaknesses: 80 skills is a small catalog next to open, unvetted registries; human curation is a deliberate bottleneck. Backed by a community brand rather than a company — long-term maintenance depends on volunteer energy.
Cautions
- The "13% of marketplace skills contain critical vulnerabilities" framing comes from the project's own README; treat it as positioning as much as research.
- npm release cadence has slowed — latest CLI release was April 20, 2026 (v1.4.6) — though the repo itself sees daily commits.
- License is non-standard at the repo level (GitHub reports "Other" due to the split MIT/CC-BY-4.0 scheme); teams with strict OSS policies should read the license file.
What Developers Say
No substantial verbatim developer commentary on this specific registry surfaced in searches of Hacker News and Reddit as of June 2026 — discussion of "agent skills" as a pattern is abundant, but it centers on the skill format itself rather than this registry. Star velocity (1.7k → 4.6k in three months) is currently the best available adoption signal.
Bottom Line
Recommended for teams that want to extend Claude Code, Cursor, or Copilot with skills but can't accept unvetted third-party prompt code — the security pipeline (static analysis, Snyk, lockfile hashing, human review) is the most rigorous documented in the skills-registry space, and it's free. Not recommended if you need maximum catalog breadth or bleeding-edge skills the moment they appear; curation means lag. Outlook: strong — tripling stars in a quarter with daily commits suggests the trust-first registry is winning mindshare as the skill ecosystem's security problems become better understood.
Research by Ry Walker Research